RELIGION AND LIFE
3 - MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY
Sex outside marriage -
Christian attitudes -
- Most believe sex outside marriage is wrong
- God gave sex for procreation of children who should be brought up in Christian family - should only take place within marriage
- Bible - sex outside marriage is sinful
- Catechism - pre-marital sex is wrong
- All Christians against adultery - breaks wedding vows, banned by Ten Commandments and condemned by Jesus
- Some accept cohabitation before marriage, but only in a long-term relationship leading to marriage
Jewish attitudes -
- Believe sex outside marriage is wrong
- Torah - forbids sex before marriage
- Talmud - sex should only take place in marriage
- Sex is for procreation of children - should be raised in a family where mother and father are married
- Adultery banned in Ten Commandments, breaks marriage contract, would harm family (should not be harmed - where children learn about Judaism and how to live a Jewish life)
- Progressive Jews (some) - accept cohabitation before marriage, but only in a long-term relationship leading to marriage
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